Book of Additions
Matthew Paris (c. 1200-1259) became a monk of St. Albans in 1217, and in 1236 became the abbey chronicler, a task which allowed him to exercise and explore his talents as a scribe, and as an accomplished and inventive artist. Most of this manuscript is written in Matthew's own distinctive handwriting, as are the miniatures, except for some added in the 14th century. Known by Matthew as his 'Book of Additions', it contains a variety of miscellaneous texts and images.Among Matthew's many other interests was heraldry. Here he has laid out in rows copies of the shields of members of the English nobility.
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Kingdom of Jerusalem
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1. Lord King
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2. Earl Richard
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3. Earl of Clare
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4. Earl of Arundel
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5. Earl of Leicester
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6. Earl of Warenne
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7. William Longspee
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8. Earl of Hereford
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9. Earl of Ferrers
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10. Earl of Winchester
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11. Earl of Bigod
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12. Earl of Warwick
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13. Earl of Chester
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14. Earl of Oxford
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15. Earl of Kent
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16. Earl of Devon
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17. Earl of Marshall
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18. Earl of Hungtindon
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19. Earl of Lincoln
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20. Daubeney
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21. William de Mandeville
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22. Roger de Huntingfield
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23. Richard de Montfichet
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24. de Tony
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25. William de Cantilupe
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26. John de Beauchamp
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27. William de Beauchamp
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28. John de Bassingbourn
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29. Roger de Cressy
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30. Hugh de Neville
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31. Robert FitzWalter
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32. Gilbert Pecche
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33. Basset
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34. William de Vescy
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35. Richard de Argentine
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Aragon
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37. Earl of Albemarle
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38. Randolph FitzNicholas
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39. Robert Harenc
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40. Robert Muschet
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41. Earl of Toulouse
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42. Duke of Brabant
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Furnival
